CHASMA
‘Chasma’ might refer either to an abyss or a meteor and seems an apt metaphor for the processes of research 2024
Artist-researchers from the RCA’s School of Arts and Humanities mentored and curated by Beaconsfield.
MARKING BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Beaconsfield marks Black History Month with collaborators past and present 2023
Tuesday 24 October 2023
Beaconsfield’s Environmental Artist in Residence Phoebe Collings-James leads the second in a series of reading groups where participants can read, sculpt or play with terracotta clay while discussing extracts from the book ‘A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None’ by Kathryn Yusoff.
Thursday 26 October 2023
Black Industrial Sound artists Trevor Mathison and Gary Stewart AKA Dubmorphology return to Beaconsfield for Black History Month to weave black histories into a specially commissioned electro-acoustic sound performance that will employ every aspect of the venue as a player in an immersive ambient score.
BEACONSFIELD AND THE WILD ESCAPE
THE WILD ESCAPE 2023
Beaconsfield joins The Wild Escape, the largest ever collaboration between museums.
EARTHWISE
Beaconsfield hosts the PhD cohort at the Royal College of Arts’ School of Arts and Humanities to present an exhibition, event and publication series 2023
Earthwise invites a place of meetings and relations, without limit or system. A focus on the ‘and’ and not the ‘therefore … ‘ is driven by the gathering forces of ecological, social and psychological crises that pose an inescapable reality for artists today.
VIGIL FOR CEASEFIRE IN GAZA/ISRAEL
Beaconsfield invites artist Jumana Abboud and colleagues to lead collective, peaceful actions 2023
Beaconsfield invites artist Jumana Abboud and colleagues to lead collective, peaceful actions in a gathering that holds all lives – lost or suffering – in our hearts, calling for a cessation of all violence in the ongoing Gaza/Israel war.
BEACONSFIELD’S HORTICULTURALIST LUCY GREGORY
LUCY GREGORY WINS BLOOMING LAMBETH AWARD 2022 FOR BEACONSFIELD’S GARDEN-YARD 2022
Congratulations to our brilliant horticulturalist Lucy Gregory, who won a Blooming Lambeth Award for Beaconsfield’s Garden-yard! Her ‘Best in Bloom’ 2022 award was presented in Lambeth Town Hall at a prizegiving event hosted by Arit Anderson, from BBC’s Gardeners’ World, and Incredible Edible Lambeth.
BEACONSFIELD X artsXR
B_T6 EXTENDED REALITIES: THE RESIDENCY AND THE EXHIBITION 2021
It is this interest in a clash of space and time that has prompted Beaconsfield to introduce Jin Han Lee to artsXR, a collective of three artists who are at the forefront of research and practice in digital immersive technologies.
PUBLIC INQUIRY 2021
FOLLOW PUBLIC INQUIRY PROGRESS IN 2021
Following the extensive Public Inquiry into 8 Albert Embankment and inappropriate development in North Lambeth (just before Christmas) we have confirmation that the Planning Inspector has now submitted his report to Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
By ordering a Public Inquiry the government identified a lack of respect for community, heritage and culture. Beaconsfield took ‘Rule 6’ status in the Inquiry and joined together with the Garden Museum and Lambeth Village to defend culture, heritage and daylight.
We are told to expect a decision by 21 June 2021 and there is still time to lobby. Thank you for adding your voice.
BEACONSFIELD TAKES RULE 6 STATUS IN PUBLIC INQUIRY 2020
IN JUNE 2020 RT HON ROBERT JENRICK MP, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CALLED FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH LAMBETH.
Our historic corner of North Lambeth is currently threatened by inappropriate overdevelopment (8 Albert Embankment scheme). Beaconsfield has joined the Garden Museum and Lambeth Village to defend existing heritage assets and loss of daylight. The three parties have jointly taken ‘Rule 6 status’ in the government’s Public Inquiry.
PROTEST
Explore timeless themes of protest with ten multi-disciplinary artists from Guildhall School of Music and Drama 2019
Watch and engage as the evening unfolds with this group of artists who take you on a journey through solo and collaborative performances to explore both sides of ‘protest’ and displace your autonomy.
Meditations on the Anthropocene: Landscapes of the Future
Curator Taru Elfving and artist-researcher Edwina Fitzpatrick are joined by IC-98 artists Patrik Söderlund and Visa Suonpää on Skype from Finland in a public discussion chaired by Beaconsfield’s Naomi Siderfin that focuses on art projects that combine the visionary with a practical approach to the omnipresent spectre of environmental change 2017
This event is programmed in response to IC-98’s recent solo exhibition at Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall, and has been scheduled as part of Chelsea Fringe, the alternative garden festival in Nine Elms Vauxhall.
Collective Matter in residence
‘Material Action‘ is led by Collective Matter, three artists who work with clay and believe it’s a great material for anyone to express their creativity 2017